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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rock Jay (ranked 780 p4p, 726 weight class) and Holden Easterly (ranked 99 p4p, 91 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Rock Jay!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Holden Easterly !
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jay takes one on the button.
Jay throws a push kick but Easterly slaps the foot to one side.
That kick from Easterly tenderised Jay's leg. Jay is trying to keep his angry face on.
Jay takes one on the button.
Easterly throws a jab when Jay was well out of range.
Easterly slips a jab from Jay.
Rock Jay seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jay looks to clinch
and Easterly counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Jay lands with a thumping leg kick.
Easterly fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Jay.
Jay staying out of range there.
Jay throws an off balance right hand
and Easterly counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jay clinches up with Easterly and pushes him back against the cage.
Easterly lands a left hand that snaps the head of Jay backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jay breaks the clinch.
That kick from Jay tenderised Easterly 's leg. Easterly is trying to keep his angry face on.
Easterly connects with a right hand. Jay shakes it off.
Jay misses with a left hand
and Easterly counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jay has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Jay swings and misses with a shot to the body
letting Easterly counter with a right hand.
A slow jab from Easterly misses its intended target.
Jay looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Jay moves into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Easterly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Easterly throws a head punch that misses.
Jay tries to throw a body punch but Easterly avoids it by throwing Jay back against the cage.
Easterly swings wildly with an uppercut but Jay uses good head movement to avoid it.
Easterly blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Easterly swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Easterly swings wildly with an uppercut but Jay uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Easterly fails to land.
Jay blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Easterly misses with some punches.
Easterly lands with a short punch from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Easterly .
Jay blocks an uppercut.
Jay scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Jay lands with a light punch inside.
Jay lands a left hand that snaps the head of Easterly backwards.
Jay blocks an uppercut.
Easterly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jay has Easterly pressed against the cage.
Jay blocking some punches.
Jay blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Easterly 's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Easterly misses with a punch on the inside.
Easterly blocking some punches.
Easterly misses with a hook from the clinch.
Easterly swings wildly with an uppercut but Jay uses good head movement to avoid it.
Easterly working aggressively here.
Jay blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jay blocks an uppercut.
Jay working aggressively here.
Easterly lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Easterly working aggressively here.
Easterly working aggressively here.
A short uppercut from Jay.
Easterly misses with the head strike.
Jay landing knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Easterly throws a head punch that misses.
A shot in the inside from Jay.
Jay blocks an uppercut.
Jay has Easterly pressed against the cage.
Jay working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Jay misses with the head strike.
Easterly misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Easterly fails to land.
Easterly misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jay stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Easterly throws a punch but it's blocked by Jay.
Easterly fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jay breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jay looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Jay throws out a loose jab but Easterly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Easterly misses with a lunging right hand
and Jay counters with a left to the body.
Jay lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Jay ducks under a wild hook from Easterly .
Easterly has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Easterly waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jay.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Easterly lands a jab to Jay's midsection.
Easterly pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A combination from Jay does no damage.
Easterly misses with a looping left.
Jay lands with a thumping leg kick.
Jay throws a body punch but Easterly moves out of range.
Easterly looks to land a left hand but Jay moved out of range nicely.
Jay lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Jay moves out of range of the strikes.
A lazy body kick from Jay
and Easterly counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Easterly staying out of range there.
A low kick from Jay misses
enabling Easterly to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jay looks to land a combination but Easterly avoids it well.
Easterly throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Easterly throws a looping overhand right but Jay ducks down to avoid it.
Jay misses with a straight right.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Holden Easterly will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Jay looks to land a right hand but Easterly moved out of range.
Jay misses with a straight right.
Jay lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Easterly at a distance.
Easterly scores with a nice right hand.
Easterly is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jay.
Jay rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Easterly counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Jay misses with a two punch combination.
Holden Easterly seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jay misses with a straight left.
Easterly stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Jay.
Jay doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Jay throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jay misses with a wild body shot.
A leg kick checked by Easterly .
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Easterly ! But no joy.
Jay with the inside leg kick.
Easterly avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Easterly 's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A leg kick checked by Easterly .
Jay lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Easterly checks a leg kick nicely.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Jay throws a jab but it's blocked by Easterly .
Nice defenses there by Easterly .
Jay misses the shot to the body.
Easterly looks to land a right hand but Jay moved out of range.
Easterly connects with a looping right hand.
The fighters circling - Jay throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Easterly throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Jay counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Jay showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Easterly .
Easterly tries to keep at a distance but Jay has taken the fight into the clinch.
Jay throws a punch but it's blocked by Easterly .
Easterly working aggressively here.
Jay lands with a light punch inside.
Jay lands an uppercut.
Jay lands a left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Easterly swings wildly with an uppercut but Jay uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jay misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Easterly .
Easterly avoiding damage as Jay throws knees to the body.
Jay misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Easterly .
Jay softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Jay has a couple of punches blocked by Easterly .
Easterly misses with the head strike.
Jay scores with a knee to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jay.
Easterly misses with some punches.
Easterly throws a punch but it's blocked by Jay.
A head punch on the inside from Jay fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Easterly .
Easterly misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jay throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Easterly blocks it with crossed arms.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Easterly .
Jay lands with a short shot to the head.
Jay blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jay trying to land knees to the body.
Jay blocks an uppercut.
Easterly prevents a body shot from Jay.
Jay throws a head punch that misses.
A shot in the inside from Jay.
Easterly throws a punch but it's blocked by Jay.
Easterly on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Easterly fails to land.
Jay lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Jay lands a right hand.
Easterly misses with the head strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Jay.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Jay.
Jay blocks an uppercut.
Easterly misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jay.
Easterly misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jay escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Easterly stalks Jay and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Jay's face. Jay staggers backwards, shaken.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jay ducks under a wild hook from Easterly .
A little feinted left hand from Jay on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Jay throws a jab but it's blocked by Easterly .
Jay cracks Easterly with a good jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jay. Easterly does a little dance to reset his feet.
Easterly looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Easterly lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A solid leg kick lands there for Easterly .
Nice body punch from Easterly .
Jay misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Easterly connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Easterly throws the left hand but Jay avoids the punch easily.
Jay slips under a jab from Easterly .
Easterly connects with the punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jay misses the jab.
Easterly loads up on a big right hand but Jay slips the punch.
Easterly scores with a hook to the body. Jay takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Jay scores with a nice strike.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Rock Jay dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Jay gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Easterly cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jay connects with a nice looking jab.
Jay looks to throw the jab but Easterly is out of range.
Easterly now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Jay throws a looping overhand right but Easterly ducks down to avoid it.
Jay has Easterly up against the cage in a clinch.
Jay can't find room to land a body shot as Easterly controls the action.
Jay with a knee to the head.
Jay blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jay throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Easterly s head.
Easterly working aggressively here.
Easterly swings wildly with an uppercut but Jay uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Easterly lands a right hand.
Jay blocks an uppercut.
Jay lands a shoulder strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jay landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Jay missing with knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Easterly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jay.
Jay misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jay tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Easterly misses with some punches.
Still in the clinch, Jay scores with a nice short uppercut.
Jay lands a good knee to the midsection. Easterly won't want to take too many of those.
Jay lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Jay using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Easterly fails to land.
Jay has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Easterly lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Easterly .
Jay's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Easterly staying out of range there.
Jay feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Easterly s jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Easterly checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Easterly ducks under a wild hook from Jay.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jay thuds a left hand into Easterly 's body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jay throws a series of punches but Easterly avoids them all with ease.
Easterly tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jay was well out of range. Poor timing from Easterly .
Easterly misses with a wild body shot.
Jay takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Jay scores with a nice head shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Easterly . Jay does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jay tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Easterly was well out of range. Poor timing from Jay.
Jay walks into a stiff left hand from Easterly .
Jay tries a low kick but Easterly avoids it.
Jay ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Easterly moves away.
Jay takes one to the side of the head.
Easterly takes a kick to the side of the head.
Jay scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A decent looking cross lands there for Jay.
Easterly throws a jab when Jay was well out of range.
Easterly lands with an uppercut that bounces Jay off the cage and back into range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Easterly has a couple of punches blocked by Jay.
Easterly misses with some punches.
Easterly throws a punch but it's blocked by Jay.
Jay misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Jay.
Knees to the body from Jay.
Jay breaks from the clinch.
Easterly just misses with a punch to the body.
Jay lands with a kick to the ribs.
Jay swings for the body but Easterly moves out of range.
It seemed like Easterly was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Easterly uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jay.
Easterly checks the leg kick.
Easterly blocks a leg kick.
Easterly misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Jay counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Easterly lands a really nice looking cross but Jay seems unphased.
Easterly looks to score with a jab to the body but Jay is just out of range.
Easterly fails to land with a series of punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jay misses with a low kick.
Easterly swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A good leg kick by Jay.
Jay will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
A left lands for Jay.
Easterly throws a leg kick that misses.
Jay tries a low kick but Easterly avoids it.
Easterly now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Easterly connects with a single shot there.
Easterly takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Jay darts in and clinches Easterly up against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jay blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jay lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Jay blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Easterly misses with a punch on the inside.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rock Jay showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Jay has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 29:28
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rock Jay!
During a confident post fight interview, Rock Jay thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
The defeated Holden Easterly had this to say: 'I had COVID'.
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energy
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hype
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